By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

High schools

Football

Three area teams will be involved in playoff action this week while four will play in non-league season finales.

Highline hosts Orting for a 7 p.m. Friday playoff game as Mount Rainier goes to Skyline.

Kennedy Catholic waits until 1 p.m. Saturday for a home playoff against Kamiak at Highline Memorial.

Evergreen, meanwhile, visits Cleveland for a 4:30 p.m. non-league finale Friday, with Chief Sealth hosting Port Angeles at 7:30 p.m. and Ballard entertaining Juanita at 7:45 p.m.

West Seattle visits Lynnwood at 8 p.m. Friday on the Ednonds-Woodway field.

Pros

Seahawks

Seattle visits the Arizona Cardinals for a 1:05 p.m. Sunday game that can be seen on Channel 13 television.

Kraken

Seattle goes to Minnesota to play the Wild at 5 p.m. Thursday before dropping in on the Pittsburgh Penguins at 4 p.m. Saturday.

The Kraken comes home to Climate Pledge Arena to play the Nashville Predators at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Tuesday's action will be televised on TNT and the other two on ROOT Sports Northwest.

Thunderbirds

Seattle visits the Portland Winterhawks for 7 p.m. Friday Western Hockey League action .

The Thunderbirds turn around to host the same team at 6:05 p.m. Saturday at the Showare Center in Kent.

Colleges

Husky football

Washington hosts the Oregon State Beavers for a 7:30 p.m. Friday clash on ESPN2.

Cougar football

Washington State University visits Stanford at 12:30 p.m. Saturday on the Pac-12 network.

Husky men's basketball

Washington entertains Weber State at 8 p.m. Monday on Pac-12WA.

Husky women's basketball

Washington gets a 5 p.m. Monday visit from Utah Tech.

Cougar men's basketball

Washington State hosts Texas State at 4:30 p.m. Monday on Pac-12WA.

Cougar women's basketball

The Cougars entertain Loyola Marymount at noon Monday.

Bulldog men's basketball

North Florida visits Gonzaga at 6 p.m. Monday on ROOT Plus.

Bulldog women's basketball

Western Washington drops in for a 6 p.m. Friday game.

Redhawk men's basketball

Seattle University visits UC San Diego at 7 p.m. Monday.

Redhawk women's basketball

Seattle gets a 6 p.m. Saturday visit from Saint Martin's.

Falcon women's basketball

Seattle Pacific gets a 4 p.m. Saturday visit from Pacific Lutheran University.

Husky volleyball

Washington goes to Oregon at 6 p.m. Friday and to Oregon State at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Sunday's match can be seen on the Pac-12 network.